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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2011
Akihisa Horiuchi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Akihisa Horiuchi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A zoom lens includes first and second lens units having positive and negative refractive powers, an aperture stop, and third and fourth lens units having positive and negative refractive powers in order from an object side to an image side. During zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit remains fixed, and the second and fourth lens units move. The first lens unit includes negative, positive, negative, positive, and positive lenses in order from the object side to the image side, the third and fourth lens units include two or more lenses. Focal lengths of the first and third lens units and of the entire system at the wide angle end, the thickness of the first lens unit on an optical axis, and the distance between principal points between the first and the second lens units at a wide angle end are appropriately set.